ENGINE AIR FILTERS - Which is the best? Original vs Aftermarket
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At the end of the video, I thought that it would be a nice idea to have a rating for the products that I test. So, based on the general 5 star rating used all over, I made my rating to better suit my personality. The rating is based on my testing and my opinion of a specific product. It takes into consideration many factors like performance, reliability, availability and many other aspects which are essential to a consumer. Of course, some of these factors may not be applicable to other regions or demographics. As price is another factor in this rating, a product may be cheaper in other regions, rendering my rating as inadequate. In this case, you should reconsider if the product is suitable for you or not.
0:00 - Intro
1:14 - What is a good air filter?
2:22 - Product overview
9:04 - Filtration test
13:08 - Product rating
18:08 - Outro
he deserves so much more than 40K subscribers! very good in depth analysis, clear and easy to understand data and very interesting topics without any clickbaits! I hope you continue like that
Where has he gone?
@@user-sf7kl9uh7kits what I did ask also
As a guy from Poland im impressed how many filters are being produced here :). Seems that we have filter manufacture monopoly :)
Thanks for comments… Anyways, always seems to be high Qualit6 stuff, from Poland, etc.esp Filters I use…..
I'm a Pollack in the States and want to support! 💪
Yeah definitely seems like you're outgoing the Germans and Romanians
Yup, you guys make good stuff
Made in Poland = good quality. Simple as that.
I feel that Hengst is almost constantly topping those tests. Makes choice easy now for next filters !
HENGST is the "genuin" filter of Mercedes-Benz i presume
@@jurajkozmer7510 No need to presume. Hengst IS oem MB.
@@Mr.Riffian Smells like $$ to me 🤔 ,but you get what you pay for !
This channel is great. He gets right to the point with all of the relevant information. Testing is thorough. Shut up and take my subscription.
What the heck man? How can this guy have only 60k subscribers? This is top level journalism and benchmarking. Subscribed immediately :)
Best video ever. Thanks so much for taking the time and the scientific testing is first class. Great statistical analysis, production quality, summary and a bit of humour... Love it. Just earned you a new subscriber. Thanks.
Now this is just amazing work!! Great content!!
This is my newly found favourite channel. Well done! More service part content please! Oils, filters, flushes, etc. Love it.
I needed such comparison soooo much. Thank you!
Congrats and thank you for the great content Sergiu!
You videos are very informative. Thank you for your hard work and content.
Super comparativ!Felicitari si multa bafta in continuare!
Really good work doing this analysis. Thank you for doing the work and sharing with us.
De mult asteptam acest video! Multumim Sergiu
Just installed a Hengst filter in my X3 F25. It was also made in Poland. Can confirm the fit and finish was excellent, noticably better then the OE Mahle that was removed. Definitely would like to try out their other filter products, but they don't seem to have the mass retail availability here in Canada compared with something like Mann. Thanks for the tests!
Multumim Sergiu! Super treaba si continut de calitate!
Just exceptional work Sergiu! Thank you!!!
Thank's for the great review Sergiu.
Excellent & thorough testing Sergiu. I had already opted for the Bosch filter before watching this presentation & was glad to see it had a fairly good rating. Keep these very interesting tests coming! 👍
Awesome video as always! Thank you for all this information.
Great video, i work in automotiv industry, your videos helped me to learn so much about car parts quality. Looking forward for new content, continue the good work. 👍
Continua cu ceea ce faci, o faci extrem de bine, profesionist. O sa ajungi departe.
You are like 'project farm' Super !!!! Keep going.
Bought the first Hengst filters this year for the oil and filters change and discovered a really nice solid build to all of them. I have been buying and replacing my own filters for a while and have used, Mann(twice), Mahle and Knecht(5+ times) and the plus for the Hengst would be that for the cabin filter it has a sponge ring all around and it fits really snug in the frame(Mann, Knecht and Mahle do not) and the oil one seems to have the innner plastic frame more solid than the rest I have used. The price is similar to Mahle and Knecht.
I think I already know what brand of air filter will be my next choice. So far I have been using Mahle filters. Very good fit in the Astra H. The previous filter put in the service, was deformed. Poland has many factories that produce spare parts and consumables for many automotive brands and these are quite decent parts. In addition, the price is adapted to our market. I would be happy to try a Hengst brand filter. Thank you for this video, as usual top quality testing. Regards.
Really perfect comparison and informative video 👌🏻💯
This is an excellent test, very well done. Good job!
Thank you very much, this is the highest quality test I've ever seen. I really appreciate attention to detail!
The prefilter on the mann Is to avoid the main filter to get wet. I m not worried by the curvature of the gasket, the lid of the airbox compress the filter.
Thank you, great work as always
The most important reason for the metal mesh I've found is that it prevents rodent ingress! I had to add metal mesh to a Honda Civic intake to prevent them from continually getting in and ruining the filter. It's definitely a feature I look for.
Yes but on airfilters the mesh Is on the upper part
@@andreasanai3542 Right I should have been a bit more clear. What I mean is it prevents rodents from chewing through the filter. The Civic for example had seeds caught on the throttle blade and in the IAC valve and was causing big problems. I have had multiple air boxes with nests in the bottom portion, but luckily the rodents could not nest further in. It's most important for a car that has been sitting or if you live somewhere with a lot of rodents and such. Will also catch major debris if the rodents are persistent enough to chew mostly through. :)
@@802Garage I had cats in the engine bay, never rats 🤔🤔
@@802Garage You should just put it in the entrance and that's it :)
@@dimmacommunication 😂😂😂 That's random. I think here it may be chipmunks and field mice. Very few rats in my area.
Un test la uleiurile 5w40 si la filtrele de motorina, ar fii super! Faci o treaba buna! Spor in continuare.
Great analysis, I really enjoyed it. Thank you!
Mulțumesc mult pentru video domnule Sergiu. Cu deosebit respect.
Fantastic, faci o treaba minunata si iti doresc mult success pe mai departe. Esti o comoara pentru pasionatii de masini care mereu isi doresc ce e mai bun pentru masina lor.
Top quality testing. Very thorough!
I love youre videos. You definitely dont get enough credit for the work you do here. Ma bucur ca am descoperit canalul tau ✌🏼
Faci o treabă excelentă, mulțumim pentru munca depusă!
I really appreciate this. Unfortunately, I do think your comments at the end are correct on the subject of different quality from different factories. I became a Mahle convert but found myself wondering if, for example, they bought a company like Clevite in the US and upgraded the factory or just put t heir name on it. It's probably a bit of both but I don't think many companies prioritize performance over profit when only the very occasional test like yours will ever reveal what they are actually selling. Ultimately, your fine work here will help those in your geographical area but only provide a single data point for the rest of us. I'd love to see a test of the same filter from as many factories as possible from one or more manufacturers. My Japanese and Chinese Mahle oil filters are nothing alike in outward appearance, as an example, so we're all guessing when we make a choice.
Great video as always! 👍👍👍
Kiváló munkát végeztél, bravo! Köszönöm! 👏
I bought a Hengst air filter for my car, thank you so much for your hard work. It's much appreciated you are the best! Merry Chrismas.
Much appreciation for the finer details !! It`s hard to find the particule size information these days. You should do another video for short ram intakes comparing higher end filters like Airaid, AEM, Burger, Corksport and of course the most advertised mainstream so to speak K&N...
Very good test as always! I'm shocked that the Mann filter with the white layer filters that much more, I thought it was useless for other than snow as I've read online. It never snows around here so I always take it off since it's not glued (it's a cylinder filter) also for the sake of bigger airflow as I've tested it with a blower. Guess I'll put it back then. You deserve much more subscribers, keep the good work !
I live in a colder climate and here you should use filters "for cold climates". The reason (as I understand it) has nothing to do with the snow getting into the filter. Instead, it has to do with the fact that in the spring, when the snow has melted and the roads have dried up, the roads are full of large amounts of fine dust. Therefore, the pre-filter is needed to handle the large amounts of road dust that the cars is exposed to.
Awesome video, I hope that new ones are coming! Thank you!
Subbed, saw a few videos already and I am surprised by the amount of effort and professionalism not to be mention the witty jokes haha. I can easily see this channel hitting a million subs soon.
Just visited the largest filter manufacturer in Bulgaria last month. I was very surprised that from the same production line were coming out filters for 9-10 producers in this video.The manager even confirmed that all the filters are the same.. they just print the brand and use different boxes. All producers give the manufacturer the characteristics of the materials they have to use, but it has a margin and if it falls in the quality specter of more producers.. they just use it! The bottom line is that, in most cases, you just pay for the brand.
So why most of the filters in this video are not made in Bulgaria ?!
Name of the manufacture and adress please or number phone, thanks.
@@deporbs Made in the EU could be Bulgaria.
different brands from the very same production line is a very common thing, both from manufacturing and food industry
No surprise. I worked in the buscuit industry and we produced similar products serving the mass-market right thro' to the big brands. To be fair, the ingredients were often tweaked to suit the client's spec.Packaging was thr main diffence tho'
great test, as always
Just found your channel and subscribed!! Thank you for your time and research. Greetings from sunny Florida, 🇺🇸 🙏 🫡
Hey neighbour, great stuff, you are like romanian/european Project Farm :D! Most of these filters are available on my market so it's good to see their performance. I bought Wix for last service and Hengst for one before that, will stick with Hengst and visually check quality control better when I'm buying. Also for my car all filter brands makes them with both that winter coat and metal mesh, like it's some sort of standard. Pozdrav iz Srbije
Thanks for this fantastic video!
Sergiu thank you for the content. I am extremely happy to see a product from Poland - Filtron. Put it more often to the tests so you will have more views in my country. Cheers!
Man 80% of the filters in the video are made in Poland 😀
Tam jest więcej filtrów z Polski i wygrał hengst, który jest produkowany w Polsce, ale nie da się go u nas kupić.
Thank you! And now we are waiting for a test of the amber leds for indicators as wy21w 😄
Foarte tare, faci o treaba foarte buna de aceea ai numai like-uri de la mine la fiecare episod. Mi-ar placea sa vad pe viitor ceva teste cu filtre de aer de performanta in carcasa originala si chiar si cele conice pentru masini cu upgrade-uri de putere, mi-ar placea sa vad teste cu uleiuri tot pentru masini de performanta, gen Motu 300V etc,cu anvelope etc si sa vezi aici discutii si dezbateri. Tine-o tot asa!
Thanks for the informative videos, great comparison, would be great to test the famous K&N filters.
Thank you. This video helped me decide between Wix and OEM filters for my Ford.
massive effort to produce this clip. Two thumbs up!
Great test! I bought one of each hengst and alco. My 2nd hand car had purflux in it and just from looking at them hengst was best, alco was 2nd, purflux was last!
great great work my friend! everything on merit! keep up good work!
excelente video, me sirvió para elegir mis filtros, un saludo desde España amigo!
Excellent work, THX.
perfect test👌thanks👏👏
I was so confident that Mahle will be the best, many thanks for your video, you did an awesome job :D . Hengst is next! :)
Me too 😅 that's why I have Mahle filters on my car.
@@SergiuGabor The reason its because its from Romania,its like the fake oils from Turkey and Romania.Next time please try YACCO Oil!Its only made in France and there are not fake ones!Im really curious for the friction test!
GRATE CONTENT! FANTASTIC quantatitive analisys.
excellent video, great work!
Prefilter (white fleece) on M+H filter had a right description in your comment - it was designed for cold countries to stop snow and water which could wet the filter as much that could tear on some point - its needed in e.g. Scandinavia REALLY. Beside that it improves lifetime from 10-25% depending on the whole system design (airflows, circulation etc.).
5 stars test! Thank you!
Mulțumesc, Sergiu!
Thanks to you and the presentation of the led bulbs, I bought from Amazon (there was no one in Romania) bulbs from Bevinsee, the best investment ever, thank you very much for the hard work! I can't describe how well the headlights light up the road at night.
I bought the Wix cause long time ago you tested it and was good :) But still I live in a very clean area so it's always super clean when I do the yearly check up. I paid like 3€ for it
this information is gold!
Nice job Sir ! It will be nice a comparison between fuel filters
Bun, bun! Foarte util review!
Excellent!! The air filter is the most important filter and this type of data is hard to come by. Thank you. How could a filter catch more of the smaller particles than the large particles like the Mahle? Would also love to see additional oil filters tested!
Sergiu.....Excellent !!!
Very good work!!! Thank you
I see a video of Sergio, i like immidiatly!;)
Your content are awesome!!!!
I like BluePrint (Bilstein) filters. Even in my Megane 2. Really nice price and quality, just 4 euros for an air filter! Renault also uses that kind of coarse pre-filter on top of the filter pleats. I would like to see another round with BluePrint, JC Premium, Meyle, SCT Germany, Mfilter, Stark, Kamoka, Topran, etc if it's possible :P
i also use dreisner, very low price ,but they look very good
Top quality content 👍👏
I have fitted Hengst filters in my Car, glad to see they perform great
Great video! I would like to see on your channel a similar test but for fuel filter :)
Great Video, Thanks👍👍
I live in a colder climate and here you should use filters "for cold climates". The reason (as I understand it) has nothing to do with the snow getting into the filter. Instead, it has to do with the fact that in the spring, when the snow has melted and the roads have dried up, the roads are full of large amounts of fine dust. Therefore, the pre-filter is needed to handle the large amounts of road dust that the cars is exposed to.
Dear Sergio from the other day when I discovered your channel I was just delighted that such a thing exists or that there is someone who really tests automotive products realistically and without any intention to promote any of these products or to have the influence of sponsorship, which is a rarity nowadays and so thank you very much for informing us and showing us the truth. Furthermore, I am your companion from Bosnia and Herzegovina and there are certain oils and filters on our market that I would like to be tested on your channel, and here are the brands I think are also present in the markets of Croatia and Serbia. 5W-30 C3 and C4 motor oils from FUCHS-TITAN, GERMAN OIL , INA PAO , and COMMA and of the filters, I primarily mean the testing of oil filters, and the most common are those with affordable prices, following brands FILTRON, KAMOKA, ASHIKA and HENGST here is that modest query and everyone would be grateful for the test in some future time and I am sure that at least most of these brands are available for testing Best regards and thank you very much for the tests so far
Thank you!!!! i just subscribed and I'll tell my fiends about you!!
Nice work 👍
Pe cand un test al filtrelor de motorina? :) Multumim pentru munca ta!
I always asked myself which is the best filter to buy. Thanks for the test!
The problem is that even the same brand and model (I have a couple of those filters, since my car has the same filter model), they aren't from same location, and look very different. For instance, that UFI looks completely different from the one I have, which is WHITE and NOT YELLOW! But, very good review!! PS: Would like to see the cheap Ridex brand from Autodoc!
Thank you so much! 👍👍👍
Hi I really love your comparisons under filtration systems and wanted to ask if you can do a video on what the best filtration systems would be for a service kit for VAG cars. I would like the best combination for my SEAT Alhambra but I'm unsure which ones to get as there are so many filters in the market
Thanks, Sergiu. Awesome content and surprising results. I have mostly fitted Purflux and Mahle filters in my car, but oh boy, I am confused now. Bosch looks like balanced deal overall if you'd like filters from one brand, so does Hengst as well. But I think I will continue to use Mahle regardless, for my car as per OE you have the additional layer and I have read that is supposedly dust shield, rather than cold climate one as Mann maybe advertising. I wonder what your opinion is one that? Cheers and keep up the good work!
The Mann dusty conditions filter is just like their normal air filter except the paper pleats are deeper. Presumably for more surface area to prevent it blocking too quickly. Be interested to know if there were benefits (or the opposite) of using a dusty conditions filter in normal environments.
Excellent video, I came to the same opinion of the top three as your video was going. I do wonder though with the noticeably different element fibers under microscope of the two Mann filters (long time favorite personally) and the Wix that is their same manufacturer, that perhaps it just happens what batch your filter came from? At least the differences in particle retention and the variations in fibers. I would almost suggest you do the exact same test all over again, order the sane filters and compare each of their results to the last time. Maybe Champion got lucky. I put one of those in my 85 Eldorado lately and the fitment of the dense sticky rubber brim was awkward. Maybe their filtration is always this good, or maybe you got a good one from a good batch
Hey man, bit too late but i'm still hoping you'll see this and that it will be somewhat useful information for some future tests. Original VW/Audi filter actually does have manufacturer indicated on it; UF3 which stands for Unico Filter which is indeed located in Bosnia and Herzegovina(where VW also HAD manufacturing plants) but that company is owned by Mann. As far as i know they've been making OE filters for them since MK3(1H0) up until MK5(1K0) and after that they switched to Mann or Mahle, depending on the model/year. I actually went to dealership to get air filter for my B5 Passat TDI and it's basically Mahle(Made in Austria) in VW box but fits perfectly unlike some shown here which usually had horrible fitment for some reason, Bosch being the best of them all regarding that. Great video by the way, these are super fun to watch and also very interesting!
super clip, multumim de test
Hi Sergiu, very good videos and thank your for your investment. I have one question: why did you put the particles counter underneath the filter and not in the outlet tube? It may be more representative as for now, the particles counter may struggle to battle against the air flow of the leaf blower and not catches all the particles (less repeatable result). And as it is directly underneath, it may catches bigger particles that would otherwise maybe not be sucked by the engine. Also, if you want to try the new setup (as the method must be tested to see ifs better or worst) I can provide you particles standard (with a certificate of analysis, with mean size distribution and stdev) that would greatly improves the repeatability of your testing (I'm working as a metrology engineer in pharmaceutical R&D).
I love these tests! Thank you! Can you do AFE Pro Dry S vs AFE Pro 5R vs AFE Pro Guard 7?
for the Mann filter, the cold climate version. The flat filter is for humidity, to help condensation and not let the humidity into the filter so that paper can risk bursting/tearing apart.
Great job! I'm living in Poland and didn't even know that Hengst is made in Poland. Normally i was using Mann (made in Germany) but prices are crazy now. Thank You!
I do not think that all Hengst Filters are made in Poland. I gought one for Honda civic and it says made in Bulgaria. I guess that anything made in EU is higher quality irrespective of country of production as they apply same quality standards. And it seems to be true that Polands produces a lot of spare parts for automotive industry and they are becoming experts at it. It has become a good quality hub. I have bought Kormoran tyres made in Poland factory owned by Michelin. I guess Michelin uses their technology for it to produce normal good quality and good price tyres.